Low density cements for use in cementing operations

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-20
BAKER HUGHES INC
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[0009]In addition, the cement mix may contain a lightweight density modifying agent, such as ceramic spheres, glass spheres, plastic spheres, perlite, gilsonite and coal. The cement mix may further contain a foaming agent

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Such techniques become necessary when mine shafts, tunnels or excavations, as well as pipelines used in the transportation of produced fluids, are abandoned, flooded, clogged or otherwise no longer useful.
Often, however, the grout, once mixed, becomes overly viscous, and tends to compress and cause friction and back-pressure when pumped through the conduit.
Such diffic

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[0044]Cement mixes were prepared by blending some or all of the following components: high early cement (“HE”), White Cliffs diatomaceous earth (“WCDE”), available from White Cliffs Mining in Arizona, metakaolin (“MK”), zeolite, 20 kg of sodium metasilicate, soda ash or sodium carbonate (“Ash”), 55 kg of sodium sulfate, sodium aluminate (“NaAl”). The zeolite was either a clinoptilolite zeolite (“CLP”) or chabazite zeolite (“CHA”).

[0045]A sufficient amount of fresh water was then added to the cement mix to reach a density of 1300 kg / m3. The resulting slurry was stirred for about 20 minutes to ensure homogeneity and dissolve any remaining lumps of dry material.

[0046]The rheology was then determined at 300, 200, 100 and 6 rpm on a rotational viscometer with an R1-B1 rotor-bob combination (API RP10B-2 / ISO 10426-2).

[0047]The compressive strength of the slurries was measured by determining the amount of time required to achieve a compressive strength of 3.5 MPa (500 psi) at 30° C.; the in...

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Abstract

A cement mix suitable for blocking or plugging an abandoned pipeline or back filling a mine shaft, tunnel or excavations contains (i) Portland cement or a mixture of at least two components selected from Portland cement, fly ash, slag, silica fume, gypsum, bentonite and limestone; (ii) diatomaceous earth; (iii) zeolite, (iv) an aluminum silicate and (v) an inorganic salt accelerator. The cement mix may further contain an alkali metasilicate and/or alkali silicate. A cementitious slurry, formulated from the cement mix, may have a density less than or equal to 1500 kg/m3, and exhibits good compressive strength.

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[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60 / 844,459, filed on Sep. 14, 2006.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to cement mixes and low density cementitious slurries prepared therefrom which are useful in the blocking, plugging or back filling of conduits such as pipelines, mine shafts, tunnels and excavations, including hydrocarbon recovery conduits as well as conduits used in the recovery of minerals, copper, potash, coal, copper, potassium chloride, etc. The cement mixes and slurries are further useful in cementing operations within subterranean formations of a well.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Various techniques have been developed for blocking, plugging and filling of conduits used in the recovery of materials such as hydrocarbons, potash, coal, copper, potassium chloride, minerals, etc. Such techniques become necessary when mine shafts, tunnels or excavations, as well as pipelines used in the transportation of produced fl...

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IPC IPC(8): C04B14/00C04B18/00E21B33/00
CPCC04B28/04C04B38/08C04B2111/00724C09K8/473C04B14/047C04B14/08C04B14/104C04B14/106C04B14/18C04B14/24C04B14/28C04B16/08C04B18/08C04B18/101C04B18/141C04B18/146C04B22/143C04B38/10C04B2103/12Y02W30/91
Inventor FRASER, MICHAEL
Owner BAKER HUGHES INC
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